Class Teachers:
Teacher: Mr Griffin
TA: Miss Woods
Otter Class information:
PE: Wednesday and Thursday
Computing: Friday
Outdoor learning: Monday
Drumming: Thursday
Swimming: Year 4 only Thursday
Homework: Given and acknowledged on Monday
Our class , in our words:
In Otter Class, Mr Griffin is always happy to help and put efforts into making the lessons fun, exciting and interesting. The learning environment is brilliant and we can use it to help us with our learning. Every month, we change seats to work with different people and get to know them better. Miss Woods is our teaching assistant. She is very good at spelling and she loves helping us, which we appreciate!
Homework:
Year 4
Weekly spelling practice focused on a specific spelling rule. The children should complete at least one spelling activity that are displayed at the front of their spelling books.
Weekly times tables Maths sheet
A times tables focus so that they can practise at home.
They should revise any of last week’s spellings that they made a mistake in.
At least three reading journal entries, detailing what pages they have read in the book and one reading journal task of their choice that can be chosen from the activities at the front of the book.
Year 5
Weekly spelling practice focused on a specific spelling rule. The children should complete at least one spelling activity that are displayed at the front of their spelling books.
Weekly Maths activity focused on a concept they are learning in class.
A times tables focus so that they can revise at home.
A reading comprehension task
They should revise any of last week’s spellings that they made a mistake in.
At least three reading journal entries, detailing what pages they have read in the book and one reading journal task of their choice that can be chosen from the activities at the front of the book.
Upcoming Events:
Thursday 25th April School Trip
Wednesday 8th May Bike and Roll
Monday 22nd May walk to school week
Otter Class learning:
This week, Otter began learning about light. We conducted different experiments and made careful observations to discover new knowledge about light.
In Otter Class, we developed our sprinting technique. We used the ipads to time ourselves to see if we could beat our personal best.
